Quoit



W. J. MARTIN. QUOIT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. I916.

1 11L 935UU Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

WWI Pm lid WILLIAM J. MARTIN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

QUOIT.

Specification of Letters lEatent.

Patented Aug. i, 1916.

To all wiwm it may concern Be it known that l, WILLIAM J; MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quoits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to quoits, and has for its object to provide a quoit characterized by various features of improvement and advantages as will more fully appear from the following description.

A well known objection to existing quoits is that they are liable to skid or roll away from the peg, and this is particularly true of continuous ring quoits having smooth upper and lower surfaces. Another defect is that when one of such quoits strikes an other, or lands on top of others, around the peg, it will slide off to a distance. When ordinary horse-shoes are used as quoits, the elongated or unbalanced form thereof causes, or tends to cause, them to wabble or turn over and over in the air, which makes the pitch uncertain and also prevents proper strike or lodgment at the pin.

By means of the present invention a per fectly balanced quoit is provided, which will not wabble in the air, which may be easily thrown, which will stay where it strikes, and which will interlock with other quoits when it strikes them, or happens to land on top of them, and which, if it happens to strike in a certain position, will tend to slide forwardly toward the peg. The opening in the quoit permits it to ring a peg from the side, instead of having to drop directly on it as with full round quoits, and the calks are so proportioned that notwithstanding this opening, it is balanced with respect to the central point.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the under side of the quoit. Fig. 2 is an edge view. 7

The quoit comprises a ring or body 6, of true circular form, with an opening 7 at one side thereof. This body is regular in cross section. At the ends adjacent the opening it has calks 8, and at the side opposite the opening it has conical calks 9, all of these calks being preferably integral with the body, to preventbreakin The calks 9 are located at equal distance from a center line passing through the center of the quoit and the middle of the opening 7 whereby it is balanced on opposite sides of said line. Also, the calks 9 are lighter than the calks S, to an amount sufficient to balance the quoit on opposite sides of a line through the center at a right angle to the line referred to. In other words the calks 8 are suliiciently.heavier than the calks 9 to coinpensate for the weight lost in the ring by the opening 7. By this construction the quoit has the balance or symmetry of a complete symmetrical ring, and, when pitched, will not wabble or turn over, but will spin around its center in regular rotation as it passes through the air, the spinning action being given by the act of throwing, the quoit being usually grasped at one side with one finger extending around one of the calks 8.

The space between the calks 8 and 9 is such that when the quoit lands on top of quoits previously thrown one or more of the latter will be engaged between the calks, and the quoit last thrown will settle into place and remain practically where it strikes. This action is assisted by the particular shape of the calks 8. These are formed with a curved inner side 10 comniencing at the point of the calk and merging gradually into the under surface of the body 6. When the quoit strikes upon other quoits previously thrown, the curved incline 10 will cause the same to settle down with a slight advance toward the peg, in the event that the quoit strikes with the calks 8 toward the peg as is desirable, or in any event will enable the pitched quoit to shift along the other quoits toward the peg, without the sharp check or rebound resulting from a calk having a sharp shoulder striking against other quoits. It will be appreciated that when the quoits are pitched they usually land in a bunch in front of the peg, and it is desirable to provide a construction permitting a quoit pitched later to approach the peg over the pile of others and at the same time preventing bounding or rolling off incident to an irregular shaped and unbalanced form. The present invention aims to provide a quoit having the perfect balance and other advantages of an open ring, to enable it to more easily engage the peg, and having calks to prevent skidding. By making the calks 8 heavier than the calks 9, and placing the latter opposite the opening 7, and arranging all the calks symmetrically with respect to a center line, a perfect balance on all diameters is obtained, With the same result as if a complete plain ring were used. Two small open ings 11 are provided on one side of the body, in which material may be fastened to prevent blistering the hand of the player. Two of these openings are preferably made, with a connection between, to avoid weakness or an opening at one side, and two pairs of ealks symmetrically arranged, one pair at the ends of the ring adjacent said opening and the other pair at the side of the ring opposite to said opening, the latter pair being lighter than the former pair, to balance the quoit by compensating for the weight lost by said opening.

3. A qnoit comprising a circular ring with an opening at one side thereof, the ends of the ring adjacent said opening being weighted to an extent suliicient to compensate for the weight lost by said opening, whereby the ring is balanced.

In testimony whereof, I do allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. BIIARTIN. lVitnesses JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, G. \V. Rosnxnnne.

Copies of this patent may be. obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

